Thursday, December 4, 2008

once upon a time

Once upon a time I had to send a photo of myself to someone.This photo was going to be seen by lots of people. It went with an article, but you know it kinda became all about the photo for me........I am not beautiful , I am not young and I am not slim but mostly I am just happy being what I am. This photo worried me. I wanted to look.......different?....better?........Younger?slimmer?

and you know what ? At 9.30 in the morning without make-up (I don't even own any) standing in the sewing room dreading the photo and running late for work.......well I kinda look like someone who is smiling through a rectal examination.

I sent away the photo but secretly didn't want anyone to see it. I didn't realise I was this vain. Today everyone can see the photo and I know someone in blogland will direct you to it......I kinda still want to keep it hidden but at the same time, I think Living Creatively are awesome and I have to share what they do........

81 comments:

yah...another mum who goes about her day with no makeup on...love to see you!!! and even better to see you in living creatively...and believe me the amount of times i have taken several photo's of myself to put up and ended up deleting them all...hey...i'm vain and proud of it...just let me get out the soft lighting and i'll be right with you...

Jodie-LoL-you are so awesome! I totally get it I feel the same way about myself! But I must tell you I wish I looked that good so early in the morning and with no make-up! You have noting to worry about girl! Very pleased to meet you as well-My name is Tam :D (a fellow sewing blogger)P.S. I truly enjoy your blog-you are a very talented girl!

aww bless.. its lovely to put a face behind a "voice" though... I loath my picture being taken .. I don't really know why I married a photographer.. that pesky love thing I suppose... there are very few pictures of me... I try to hide behind the camera with my husband as much as possible... luckily our son is a total ham so it all works out in the end.

Lovely to see you and so refreshing to see a photo that is real and not dressed up for the camera. I must say I love your real hair as opposed to the clipped version on the LC site - a great article though!

If I told you how many photos I took of myself to get a decent one for Facebook you would not believe me. Did you realise you've been photo-shopped over at LC and you look very cool and groovy. I think the eye chart was holding you back frankly. Great article and gosh your stuff is fabulous

How nice to see you! :o) I find it weird posting a photo of myself also. I did it once only to prove that I really did meet Amy Butler. Your "stuff" is original, creative, and amazing and I just love your sense of humor.

I'm still giggling from Trashy's comment but it really is great to see a photo of you! I too wear no makeup, it's only for special occasions, once a year if I'm lucky! In photos I always have a double chin and most of the time I look like a kangaroo whose stunned by the headlights!I still feel like I'm in my 20's but it's not me who looks back in the mirror. Sometimes I want to yell Stranger Danger!!

Well done! Did you notice Cathy and I never supplied LC with one!! We had to bite the bullet though as we were asked for one last week for Sew Hip. Cathy did them in B&W which helped heaps. You are so gorgeous and the LC article is completely brilliant!!

Oh, I know the look well.....except that I also look scared, like they just told me they found an alien in there.I don't wear makeup either, which is why I look pretty good when I have a fever. Nobody believes I'm sick!hey, you look great to me and I love your art. So much fun! congrats!

Oh, Jodie, that photo is great - it's you through and through! And I love the fact that you stood next to your "Do not panic" picture!!! I think if I was having a rectal exam, I would be crying and not looking as good as you would!!! I'd be looking for a pillow.....ouch!

Wow you do hold it together through one of those exams Jodie!!! I often think we should all post a photo of ourselves so we can "meet" each other but I am never brave enough! How stupid is that????? It's great to "meet" you!! My name is Linda and I am a photophobic!!!

I think you look like a nice normal person, who is coping very well with her rectal exam!!! Lovely face goes with a lovely and very creatively fabo blog.I had my passport photo done last year and it was so bad (like a mass murderer on Valium)that I went home put on full stage makeup and went to another place to get it done. Talk about VAIN!!! Frankly it only looked marginally better!! Good on ya and nice to meet ya. Liz :)

I identify with the post fully. I live in fear of having to have a photo of me accompany anything. I applaud your bravery. You look beautiful and crafty and like someone I'd love to go for a beer with! Nice to meet you Jodie.Cheers,Tracey

Is there a special artsy-craftsy reason you were snapped standing right next to a eye chart?? Nothing wrong with the pic - wish I looked that good in a photo (and that young too!) Now the pic of me that was put up in the staffroom was TRULY scary! Interesting article; great to see you getting the credit you deny yourself. I love your blog!

Ya know, I am beautiful, cute, sexy, curvy, and attractive with fantastic skin and perfect hair. I can never figure out why pictures always show me as rather short and round with frizzy hair, a red face, and a crooked smile. Obviously, the cameras don't work correctly. Maybe you have that problem too?

HOLA!!!Please to meet you, you are a lovely face and I love that rectal examination. I loved your work...you are great!!!Saludos desde Barcelona, in the other side of the world, you have a fan...that's me!

Yep, don't own any makeup either. I thought I was the only one. I went to my friend's wedding this year and borrowed my 5 year old niece's little mermaid clam make up set. Gave me itchy eyes and had it off by the reception. You look great just as you are.

Jodie, you don't look pained, you look adorable!Its so nice to put a face with the name.But, I can totally relate to the ankst (sp?) of having your picture seen. I've done a few online interviews and sure enough, a picture was requested. SO my face is floating around out there, too...but I'm not tellin where. LOL

Hi Jodie - so nice to see you. I'm sorry to hear that you had to have a rectal examination and a photograph taken at the same time - that is harsh!I too am reluctant to get my face out in public - well done you!

Actually, you don't look how I imagined you would look - I thought you might have longer hair somehow. Funny what you sometimes imagine isn't it.